>I would literally throw a brick at your forehead if this was in person

"Now tell me where you live"

.........no.

I am doing it right now, every month. It used to be an absolute necessity, now I am able to afford contributing to a Roth IRA I set up, since my work doesn't offer retirement plan.

Eating out is a luxury I indulge in 2-3 timesnper month. Paying even more to have food delivered is a double luxury.

A second fridge is just an option, but like I said you can keep a week's worth of fresh ingredients in a mini fridge. Combined with dry goods, grocery delivery once a week would be both cheaper and healthier.

You're literally threatening violence because I calling out your self-righteous privilege "woe is me, I have to buy luxuries." Grt yourself in check, dude.

I don't know what to tell you, my commentary has nothing to do with your budget, only your choice to spend your income on a convenient luxury, and then complain on the internet as if it's your only option.

I used only a mini fridge for almost 3 years. In my view, having food delivered is a luxury. If you stop ordering all your food out for one month, you could afford at least another mini fridge, maybe even a used half-size. You really only need to keep certain ingredients refrigerated; recipes can be optimized for dry goods that don't need refrigeration and fresh vegetables that will keep for several days or more.

You said you have a mini fridge. Combined with dry ingredients, that's enough to hold a week's worth of unprocessed food that can be made into nutritious meals on the cheap. Many recipes are no cook, but rice cookers, crock pots, and a hot plate can go a loooooong way too. Look into getting groceries delivered, rather than take-out meals. It will be healthier and cheaper, but you'll have to put forth effort into meal planning and meal prep. I've walked this walk, and you can too. You could put $200-300 per month toward improving your situation: career training, transportation, job search, paying off debts, or any number of things that will improve your life more than delivery food.

> Who wants to eat microwaved food every single day or beens and rice and Ramen?

One of the points of my post was that they don't have to. There are lots of tasty and nutritious recipes that can be cooked on a single hot plate, rice cooker, crock pot, etc. Many dishes are no cook, just prepping/mixing ingredients.

>If delivery is working for you, and you're paying in your circumstances then do that.

Paying $6000-7000 per year for delivery food is crazy. Being able to afford that suggests they aren't poor, just unwilling to out forth effort toward their diet.

>call you lazy for not taking the solutions they themselves don't have to implement in their own lives.

Your assumptions are completely wrong. I used to barely scrape by too, and have walked this walk. OP could easily cut their food budget in half and use it to afford a better apartment, career training, job searching, transportation, etc - and eat a healthier diet at the same time. Eating delivery food isn't very healthy, and it's wayyy more expensive. Even having groceries delivered would be cheaper and healthier. Delivery food is just convenient.

TBH this just sounds lazy. There are meal prep and cooking subs that could help you with ideas and recipes, and there are many tasty, cheap, and nutritious foods that require little or no prep.

You're spending $6,000-7,200 per year on delivery food.